Explaining sovereign citizens' belief in freely using roadways

[struggle4progress]

Ellen Leahy
Updated 2 hrs ago

... I saw a license plate on a van that read TRVELLR and looked odd. The owner, Menard, said .. the U.S. Supreme Court ruled there is a difference between “driving” and “traveling.”

As as a sovereign citizen, he follows the constitution law as opposed to prima facia law that requires consent and has statutes and code ...

“Driving” is a legal term for using the roadways to transport goods or passengers for hire. “Traveling” is a lawful term for exercising the common right to use the roads as opposed to “for hire.” A driver or being a driver requires registering and licensing, while traveling does not ...

“You don’t need a driver’s license, a license plate, registration or inspection lawfully if you are not doing driving for hire on the roads," Menard said ...

http://auburnpub.com/wocjournal/opinion/columns/leahy-sovereign-citizens-belief-in-freely-using-roadways-as-a/article_5f11ba7e-df08-5752-87e5-503f75b451b0.html

[WhiteTara]

1. And convenietly, you don't

have to pay for their upkeep.

[Shrike47]

2. They can convince themselves of anything that is to their advantage, however stupid.

Son, you have the right to travel in the ways that the drafters of the Constitution did, without a license or registration, assuming you use the same means they did. You can walk or ride your horse.

And his drive vs. travel differentiation is laughable. Where in the Constitution was that?